Facing a fuel shortage in Region Nine due to a collapsed bridge, the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has reiterated its call for an improved maintenance regime for the Linden-Lethem road.
“Every time they fix a bridge, you don’t really have confidence that it will last for any period,” President of the RCCI Daniel Gajie told Stabroek News yesterday. He called on Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn and the works engineers to pay more attention to the design and maintenance of the roadway. Benn could not be contacted by Stabroek News yesterday.
Up to yesterday afternoon, the bridge, located some 20 miles from Kurupukari at a location referred to by commuters as Frenchman Turn, was still being fixed and fuel trucks had not arrived in Lethem. According to bus operators, that section had been deteriorating for a while now. “It started way before but it wasn’t that bad,” an official at the
